After years of trial and error with methods to keep slugs from eating my vegetable garden plants, I finally discovered a workable slug repellent. The discovery was an accident: I was sitting on the ground under a tree and leaned back on my hand — ouch! The dry, sharp pine needles poked into my palm.
I sprinkled the dry needles around each plant and did not have any more losses due to slugs.
Angela Smith
Duluth, MN
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